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conditions relating to the health and safety of the miners of New Zealand and the administration of the laws relating to mining and coal-mines, and you were directed and required to report to me on or before the twenty-eighth day of October then next ensuing your proceedings and your opinion touching the matters mentioned therein: And whereas by a Warrant dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the said period was extended and you were required to report to me not later than the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven : And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be extended as hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby declare and appoint that the time at or before which you shall present to me your report aforesaid is hereby extended to the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven : And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Eight Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over' His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven. R. McKenzie, Issued in Executive Council, Minister of Mines. J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council.

EXTENSION OF SCOPE OF COMMISSION.

Islington, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Neil Dundonald Cochrane, Esq., of Dunedin, Mining Engineer; John Dowgray, Esq., of Granity, Miner; James Sim Evans, Esq., of Nelson, Warden and Stipendiary Magistrate; George Fletcher, Esq., of Granity, Mine-manager; Herbert Scott Molineaux, Esq., of Barewood, Mine-manager; William Edward Parry, Esq., of Waihi, Miner; and Frank Reed, Esq., of Wellington, Inspecting Engineer of Mines. Whereas by a Warrant dated the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and issued under my hand and the Public Seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report on the conditions relating to the health and safety of the miners of New Zealand and the administration of the laws relating to mining and coal-mines, and to make recommendations as to any amendment of these laws which may be considered necessary for the better protection of the health and safety of persons working in mines : And whereas it is expedient to extend the scope of the said inquiry in the manner hereinafter appearing : Now, therefore, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the